Re: [patch V2 02/14] x86/fpu: Prevent state corruption in __fpu__restore_sig()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jun 07 2021 - 04:49:12 EST


On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 01:47:44AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The non-compacted slowpath uses __copy_from_user() and copies the entire
> user buffer into the kernel buffer, verbatim. This means that the kernel
> buffer may now contain entirely invalid state on which XRSTOR will #GP.
> validate_user_xstate_header() can detect some of that corruption, but that
> leaves the onus on callers to clear the buffer.
>
> Prior to XSAVES support it was possible just to reinitialize the buffer,
> completely, but with supervisor states that is not longer possible as the
> buffer clearing code split got it backwards. Fixing that is possible, but
> not corrupting the state in the first place is more robust.
>
> Avoid corruption of the kernel XSAVE buffer by using copy_user_to_xstate()
> which validates the XSAVE header contents before copying the actual states
> to the kernel. copy_user_to_xstate() was previously only called for
> compacted-format kernel buffers, but it works for both compacted and
> non-compacted forms.
>
> Using it for the non-compacted form is slower because of multiple
> __copy_from_user() operations, but that cost is less important than robust
> code in an already slow path.
>
> [ Changelog polished by Dave Hansen ]
>
> Fixes: b860eb8dce59 ("x86/fpu/xstate: Define new functions for clearing fpregs and xstates")
> Reported-by: syzbot+2067e764dbcd10721e2e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> V2: Removed the make validate_user_xstate_header() static hunks (Borislav)
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c | 9 +--------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

Very nice.

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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